Comments

• gpl1

  2007-08-20 08:29:08

  Intriguing! That sums up a lot of the strategy, doesn't it? Good work.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-20 08:33:06

  Thanks. I missed a few (realised it moments later), but it was really just a quick minddump spewed onto the GIMP.
  
  This was inspired by software wars, but here you have Microsoft using companies (or "sockpuppets") instead of producing better software to counter threat. It's a case of outmuscling the rivals instead of showing one's own muscle.

• emaname

  2007-08-31 16:57:40

  Excellent job, Roy. I'll make use of it. I believe that another reference that should be created is a 'credibility page.' When some promotes a product/service/policy/strategy of m$ at the cost of their own credibility, they should make the list. eg, various research groups have done reports for m$ that were clearly skewed. Add 'em to the list with a brief abstract about how they've distorted the facts to serve Redmond's purposes. I think this would add to the whole boycott effort/influence. If it becomes a high-profile page, people might think twice to selling out to the Borg.
  
  Thanks again for the mindmap.
  
  paul

• Roy Schestowitz

  2007-08-31 20:55:25

  Paul,
  
  Can you maybe assist or become a maintainer of a static page? I agree, it would be an effective one to have just like Groklaw's Microsoft Litigation, for example.